Loading the player… In the beginning, as the Midrash teaches,1 G‑d “created worlds and destroyed them.” The Kabbalah explains that this refers to spiritual worlds, Supernal Sefirot (“emanations”), that first existed in one state of being and then in another. The Sefirot in the former state of being — called the World of Tohu (lit., […]

Loading the player… והעלאת מין נוקבין במוחו ולבו של אדם, היא בחינת רשפי אש בלי גבול   The “elevation of mayin nukvin” in the mind and heart of man is [the love of G‑d] in a state of boundless flames of fire, and being boundless it relates to the infinite light;   ונקרא מאדך   […]

Loading the player… והנה במקום אחר כתב שרמ״ח מצות עשה הן בה׳ חסדים   Now, in one source13 it is written14 that the 248 positive commandments are [rooted] in the Five Attributes of Kindness of Za of Atzilut, for every positive command serves as a vessel to receive an expression of the kindly attributes and […]

Loading the player… ומקור המוחין הוא לבנונית כו׳   The source of the [Divine] Intellect is the Lavnunit [of Keter],   הוא הענג וחפץ העליון להמשיך אור למטה, לרמ״ח אברין דז״א   which is the supreme delight and desire to draw the light below into the 248 organs of Za, for relative to Keter, Za […]

Loading the player… וכל שכן באור אין סוף ברוך הוא, דלית מחשבה תפיסא ביה באורו והתפשטות החיות ממנו יתברך   This is all the more true with regard to the [infinite] Ein Sof-light, for no thought can apprehend Him in His radiance or the diffusion of the life-force issuing from Him.   כי אם במציאותו, […]